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  • Derderians will plead; Station fire trial ends (slap on wrists in nightclub tragedy)

    09/21/2006 12:50:57 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 4 replies · 417+ views
    Providence Journal ^ | 09/21/06 | TRACY BRETON and PAUL EDWARD PARKER
    One brother gets jail, the other probation The brothers who owned The Station nightclub, where a fast- moving fire on Feb. 20, 2003, killed 100 people, have agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges, effectively ending the criminal prosecution against them. In exchange for their pleas, Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan Jr. has agreed to a sentence that calls for no jail time for one of the brothers, Jeffrey A. Derderian. Michael A. Derderian, 45, is to serve four years in prison followed by three years of probation. He also will have an 11-year suspended sentence, which...